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DRDO defends Nag missiles
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- The state-of-the-art indigenous Anti-Tank Guided Missile (ATGM) Nag is in advanced stages of development, the Defence Research and Development Organisation (DRDO) has said in a sharp response to statements that raised questions on the programme.
- A new Man Portable ATGM (MPATGM) was also in advanced stages of trials, it noted.
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- Spike-LR (Long Range) ATGM:
(1) Early this week, the Army fired two newly inducted Spike-LR (Long Range) ATGM at the Infantry School at Mhow in Madhya Pradesh.
(2) It recently procured a small lot of 12 launchers and around 250 missiles from Israel under the new financial powers for emergency procurements sanctioned by the Defence Ministry a few months back.
- ‘Best in its class’:
(1) Nag, the 3rd gen ATGM, was in the process of being inducted after extensive tests.
(2) The MPATGM, in an advanced stage of development, defence sources said, was a fourth generation ATGM.
(3) Six tests had been conducted so far and all developmental trials were over.
Source
The Hindu